Riva Trigoso (Genoa) shipyard celebrated the launch of the frigate “Carlo Bergamini“, the first of a series of Fremm vessels – Multi Mission European Frigates, ordered from Fincantieri by the Italian Navy within the framework of an Italo-French program of cooperation. Godmother to the ship was Mrs M
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest awarded a $42.7 million contract July 12, to purchase renewable energy that will supply Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar with up to half of its daily power during a 15-year period. This initiative is one of many throughout the Navy and M
The West Australian Navy community came together on the 13th July to pull a little bit of history from the ground at HMAS Stirling (Captain Brett Wolski). The 10 July milestone marked 100 years of service under the title of Royal Australian Navy. On 10 July 1911, His Majesty King George V granted th
The Navy, working with the University of Memphis Department of Health and Sport Sciences, began a beta test of nine physical fitness exercises July 11. Bill Moore, director, Navy Physical Readiness Program, said there are currently no plans to change the Navy’s physical readiness test, but the study
This is the last time you will see men and women with the letters ‘HMS Cornwall’ on their caps marching together, as one, in public. The final act in the life of their proud ship was played out to a soundtrack of cheers and applause as the people of the frigate’s namesake county lined the […]
More than 5,500 Sailors and Marines serving in the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group (CSG) arrived in Norfolk July 15, returning from a six-month deployment supporting operations in the Mediterranean and the Arabian Sea. USS Enterprise (CVN 65), along with embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1, Carrier St
The U.S. Navy says a Littoral Combat Ship to be built in Wisconsin will be named the USS Little Rock… (chicagotribune) [mappress] Source: chicagotribune, July 17, 2011;
MALACAÑANG yesterday said the impending arrival from the United States of the Philippines’ newest and biggest warship, the BRP Gregorio del… (malaya) [mappress] Source: malaya, July 17, 2011;
BPC Dixmude – the third Mistral/BPC-type force projection & command vessel for the French Navy – arrived in Toulon after sailing from Saint-Nazaire on 6 July. Over the coming six months, DCNS will settle the ship’s combat system. The ship will be delivered to the French defence procurement agency DG
Maersk Line, Limited, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a 30-day $1,135,350 firm-fixed-price contract with a one-year option of $29,276,478 being exercised upon contract award for the operation and maintenance of five government-owned maritime prepositioning force ships: Military Sealift Command’s USNS
General Dynamics Canada has completed its largest and most successful Technology Demonstration Program (TDP) with Defence Research and Development Canada Atlantic (DRDC Atlantic), demonstrating a torpedo-defence enhancement that will increase the level of protection for Canadian Navy ships. The Mult
They are the two ships no one wanted, almost constantly embroiled in one dispute or another for the past 25 years. The two Navy behemoths ha… By Scott Harper (hamptonroads) [mappress] Source: hamptonroads, July 15, 2011;
India’s top naval officer was in Russia on Friday to push the Kremlin for faster delivery of a 4.5-billion-dollar arms package, the Interfax… (monstersandcritics) [mappress] Source: monstersandcritics, July 15, 2011;
Somali pirates holding South Korean hostages demanded on Friday that the South Korean government release pirate prisoners and pay compensati… By Abdi Guled (google) [mappress] Source: google, July 15, 2011;
